BUZZ.

Chen Ku, transformed into a Little Bee, was extremely fast. Critically, he could also use the Nine-Colored Deer's Nine Colors Following Light Technique to hide his form.

Thus, he flew out of Medicine King Hall, all the way to the main street of Baojiao City.

Firewood Iron Shop is on East Street. Half of that street consists of ironworks and firewood transportation shops. Although I'm not sure if Xie Wenyuan and his son Xie Qingfeng are in the Firewood Iron Shop all day, the smell is detectable within that range. The two places are very close; I'll know once I go take a look.

For major players in firewood and iron like the Firewood Iron Shop, the Xie Family had a large compound covering dozens of acres in Baojiao County, known as the Xie Residence, not far from the Firewood Iron Shop.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Chen Ku arrived inside the Firewood Iron Shop.

DING!

DING!

CLANG! CLANG!

Entering through the large doors of the Firewood Iron Shop, the establishment was no smaller than Medicine King Hall, perhaps even more spacious. Weapons, agricultural implements, and other iron tools hung everywhere—on the ground, on the pillars, and on the walls.

From what I understand about weapons, they can currently be classified into four tiers: iron weapons, sharp weapons, Famous Weapons, and Divine Weapons.

The invisible Little Bee that Chen Ku had become buzzed around the weapons. He could determine that those hanging on the walls or stacked beneath the pillars were all the most common iron weapons.

If they collided with his Blood Blade, they would be instantly cut in half.

That was the difference between sharp weapons and iron weapons.

Above sharp weapons were Famous Weapons, which were not merely sharp but possessed something more.

I used my master's Water-Fire Dragon Head Staff once and could clearly feel the immense difference between Famous Weapons and sharp weapons. The Water-Fire Dragon Head Staff isn't just sharp; it possesses a certain 'quality' that I, not being a blacksmith, can't clearly describe... But if I owned a Name Weapon Level staff, my combat power could double.

Chen Ku inwardly coveted his master's Famous Weapon.

Speaking of which, his own Refined Iron Dragon Stick had long failed to keep up with his increase in strength. Now, it was just a sharp weapon, unworthy of his Divine Power.

I wonder if there's a Weapon Forging Master inside Firewood Iron Shop capable of forging 'Famous Weapon' quality weapons. There should be, right? My Medicine King Hall has Pill Masters who can concoct Fifth Grade Pills. Could Firewood Iron Shop, as one of the three giants, not have a Name Weapon Level Weapon Forging Master?

Chen Ku mused:

If there's a master of that level, it means there should be Name Weapon Level weapons inside the Firewood Iron Shop.

If relations with Firewood Iron Shop hadn't been so antagonistic, he might have been able to spend some money to have a Name Weapon Level staff forged at the Firewood Iron Shop.

But now, given the life-and-death competitive relationship between Medicine King Hall and Firewood Iron Shop, getting Firewood Iron Shop to forge a Name Weapon Level staff was utterly impossible.

So, if I want to upgrade my weapon, I'm left with few choices. I could either wait for Medicine King Hall to annex Firewood Iron Shop and see if there's a chance to find a Name Weapon Level staff there, or... I could kill a few more Weapon Forging Masters from Firewood Iron Shop and acquire the skill of weapon forging myself?

As the saying goes, relying on yourself is better than relying on your parents.

BUZZ.

The slight flutter of wings was a sound ordinary people could not detect. Chen Ku, as if strolling through his own backyard, entered every shop, big and small, within Firewood Iron Shop, and even its well-guarded storehouses.

Indeed, inside the Inner Treasury of Firewood Iron Shop, he found a dazzling array of radiant weapons piled up.

Good heavens! Knives, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-axes, hooks, and forks—all eighteen kinds of weapons are here. And the weapons stored in this Inner Treasury are, at the very least, sharp weapon-level.

Wandering inside Firewood Iron Shop's Inner Treasury, Chen Ku inspected them closely and found many, many sharp weapon-level weapons. Among them were staves whose quality far surpassed his Refined Iron Dragon Stick.

He even discovered three weapons that seemed to be of Name Weapon Level.

One was a precious sword, its blade exuding a cold glint, its edge rippling like autumn water.

One was a Sky-Piercing Halberd. Chen Ku flew over and gently touched it, estimating it weighed at least eight or nine thousand jin.

And there was a pair of Tiger Head Hammers. The tiger-mouth design seemed to swallow light, their black metallic surface subtly distorting light even in the dim treasury, suggesting they were forged from an extremely expensive black metal.

Just as Chen Ku landed on this pair of Black Gold Tiger-Head Hammers:

[Diagram Master is near an element that satisfies one of the conditions for the Sixth Transformation Map's completion.]

[Sixth Transformation Map completion conditions: Ten thousand pounds of black gold, ten thousand pounds of mercury, ten thousand gold, Third Realm Jade Skin Great Success Cultivation, ten Fourth Realm Evil Energies, one Fourth Realm Top Quality Transformation.]

Chen Ku's heart skipped a beat.

This was it; he had triggered the cultivation conditions for the Sixth Transformation Map again.

He immediately checked.

Black gold... gold...

He drew a sharp breath.

In the Daji Dynasty, the ratio of gold to silver was one to twenty.

During times of war, the value of gold was even higher.

Ten thousand gold, converted, would be two million taels of silver.

What Transformation Diagram? Might as well call it the Gold-Devouring Diagram.

Despite the ache in his heart, he figured that to completely satisfy all the conditions for the Sixth Transformation Map, his cultivation would probably need to take another significant leap forward.

He decided not to dwell on it for now.

But the black gold right before his eyes was an opportunity he couldn't miss.

[Within a one-foot range of the Diagram Master, the cultivation condition 'ten thousand pounds of black gold' is satisfied. Proceed with the sacrifice?]

Upon seeing this, Chen Ku understood. It must be referring to this pair of Black Gold Tiger-Head Hammers—a Name Weapon Level set of hammers. Under normal circumstances, he would have definitely felt a pang of regret over sacrificing them.

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